4th Cir.

United States v. Jermaine Ali Holloway, Jr.

May 1, 2026 ·25-6677 ·Per Curiam · By James Taylor

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court order denying a motion for sentence reduction. The appellate court found no error in the lower court's application of the relevant legal factors.

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Background

Jermaine Ali Holloway, Jr., proceeding pro se, appealed the district court’s order denying relief on his motions for sentence reduction filed in two thousand twenty-three and two thousand twenty-four under Section eighteen U.S.C. three thousand five hundred eighty-two subsection c two.

The court’s reasoning

The court reviewed the district court’s decision for abuse of discretion regarding the reduction and de novo regarding the scope of legal authority. The record revealed no error, as the district court clearly understood its authority, recognized the defendant’s postsentencing conduct, but declined the reduction based on its review of the Section eighteen U.S.C. three thousand five hundred fifty-three subsection a factors.

What it means going forward

The decision affirms the denial of sentence reduction for the defendant, maintaining the original sentence.

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